How to Use fisher in a Sentence

fisher

noun
  • This has been the place of fishers for hundreds of years.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Crouched, the fishers meld into the fluid scene, as if rocks in the marsh.
    Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In short, there are a lot of fisher cats in New Hampshire.
    Mike Mavredakis, courant.com, 12 July 2021
  • At one site, Higley found a fisher still foaming at the mouth.
    Elizabeth Miller, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Just five years ago, fishers would have been lucky to get that many fish in one week.
    Tiare Tuuhia, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
  • There was a point in time when we were called just bottom fishers.
    Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2018
  • This year, Lewis was on a mission to find out if the fishers were denning.
    Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, 29 June 2017
  • For fishers like Shiga, the work to restore their way of life is far from over.
    Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The Emeryville shoreline was a good bet for shore fishers seeking perch and striped bass.
    sacbee, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Surf fishers caught barred surf perch, redtail perch and a few striped bass.
    sacbee, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The red panda was created with a coyote tail and the dyed hides of fishers (a kind of weasel).
    Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • Grazer raised two litters and is one of the best salmon fishers on the river, the park's website says.
    Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The department hopes fishers who catch or net the Atlantics report their hauls to the state.
    Rick Anderson, latimes.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The two companies have a shared ethos of preserving fish stocks and the livelihoods of the small-scale fisher.
    Alison Coleman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Black and white photos of oyster fishers are all around the restaurant.
    Todd A. Price, The Seattle Times, 7 Dec. 2017
  • On July 29, on the last weekend of the season, fishers lined up in the sun under a noisy tangle of gulls.
    Alaska Dispatch News, 10 Aug. 2017
  • This would halve the area that small-scale fisher folk have exclusive access to.
    Quartz, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Follow this link to see Karen on the water with Women Fly fishers.
    Terry Wickstrom, The Denver Post, 24 May 2017
  • Great blue herons live in wetlands and are expert fishers.
    Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2018
  • In winter, the lake quiets, but there are still ice fishers, skaters and people out taking walks on the ice.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Surf fishers caught barred surfperch and a few redtail perch.
    sacbee, 20 Mar. 2018
  • In the state of Florida, fishers over the age of 16 are required to have their own fishing license.
    Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 18 June 2019
  • Fisher declined to hold the plane for his star quarterback.
    Chris Chavez, SI.com, 27 June 2017
  • Storms can damage the flats where fishers and crabbers make their living, ripping up the grass where fish hide, feed and spawn.
    Rebecca Blackwell and James Pollard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Garcia’s own father was a fisher in Cadaqués in the 1970s, during the last golden age of coral fishing there.
    Autumn Spanne, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Trout remain active in the rivers on the west side on topwaters and Slick lures, and in the surf at Dauphin Island at dawn for wade-fishers.
    Frank Sargeant, al, 11 Oct. 2019
  • No fishers would have been looking to set sail that day, though, as the water was completely frozen over, with boats great and small trapped in the ice.
    Tim Brinkhof, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Jetty and beach fishers did quite well on perch, kelp greenling, cabezon and rockfish.
    Sacbee, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
  • In 2020, magnet fishers in England ended up reeling in a dead body from a canal in Torkshire.
    CBS News, 30 May 2024
  • Learning about the low pay, long hours and harsh conditions faced by these fishers was heartbreaking.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024

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